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<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Canada Online Genealogy Records]]</span><span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span></div> | <div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Canada Online Genealogy Records]]</span><span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span></div> | ||
==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
* | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9210 Canada, Soldier Homestead Grant Registers, 1918-1931] ($), index & images | ||
* | *[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada--patents-of-canada-1824-1849 Patents Of Canada, 1824-1849] ($), index | ||
* | *[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/land-grants-western-canada.aspx Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930], index | ||
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764-1841/Pages/land-petitions-lower-canada.aspx Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841], index | |||
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-upper-canada-1763-1865/Pages/land-petitions-upper-canada.aspx Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865], index<br><br> | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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{{Tip|See also [[Provincial Land records]].}} | {{Tip|See also [[Provincial Land records]].}} | ||
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According to the Surveyors’ Measure the table is as follows: | According to the Surveyors’ Measure the table is as follows: | ||
:7.92 inches = 1 link <br>25 links = 1 rod, pole or perch (all of equal length) <br>100 links = 1 chain or 4 rods <br>80 chains = 1 mile <br>625 square links = 1 square rod <br>16 square rods = 1 square chain <br>10 square chains = 1 acre <br>43,560 square feet = 1 acre <br>66 feet = 1 chain <br> | |||
:Therefore 100 Links = 1.00 Chain and | |||
:1.00 Chain = 66.00 feet <br> | |||
Now when you read that the measurement of the area was 10 Chains and 50 links you will know that the length of the measurement was 660 feet plus 33 feet = 693 feet. | Now when you read that the measurement of the area was 10 Chains and 50 links you will know that the length of the measurement was 660 feet plus 33 feet = 693 feet. | ||
::66 feet x 10 chains = 660 feet <br>+ 50/100 links = .5 chain x 66 feet = <u>+ 33 feet</u> <br>660 feet + 33 feet = 693 feet <br> | |||
A lot 20 chains (1320 feet) wide by 100 chains (6600 feet) deep contains 200 acres and a lot 50 chains (3300 feet) wide by 20 chains (1320 feet) deep, contains 100 acres.<ref>Murphy, Sharon L., Brenda Dougall Merriman, and Frances Coe. "Canada Land Terminology - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Land_Terminology_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | A lot 20 chains (1320 feet) wide by 100 chains (6600 feet) deep contains 200 acres and a lot 50 chains (3300 feet) wide by 20 chains (1320 feet) deep, contains 100 acres.<ref>Murphy, Sharon L., Brenda Dougall Merriman, and Frances Coe. "Canada Land Terminology - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Land_Terminology_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
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Landholding in New France was based on the seigneuries. Under this system, land was received as a feudal obligation in return for oaths of fealty and promises to perform certain duties. | Landholding in New France was based on the seigneuries. Under this system, land was received as a feudal obligation in return for oaths of fealty and promises to perform certain duties. | ||
English-language versions of the French king’s grants to the original seigneurs are in: | English-language versions of the French king’s grants to the original seigneurs are in: | ||
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*[https://saskgenweb.wordpress.com/ Saskatchewan Homestead Records] | *[https://saskgenweb.wordpress.com/ Saskatchewan Homestead Records] | ||
::For a microfilm edition at the FamilySearch Library, see: | |||
::*{{FSC|882996|disp=Saskatchewan homestead records, 1870-1930, and index}} | |||
::*{{FSC|5674604|disp=Saskatchewan homestead records, 1904- ; applications for letters patent}} | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/search.aspx Western Land Grants (1870-1930)] | *[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/search.aspx Western Land Grants (1870-1930)] | ||
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[PROVINCE] - LAND AND PROPERTY | [PROVINCE] - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' | |||
[[New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books - FamilySearch Historical Records]]<br> | |||
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